Tigers Lose Nail Biter While Vikes Win One; Packers Fall To Champs; Lions, Cloud, and Panthers Defeated
Reed City 46 Fremont 21 Credit the gritty Packer team for putting up a valiant fight against the state ranked and now conference champion Coyotes. The Reed City resume didn’t impress the visitors who held their hosts scoreless in the first quarter and after the Yotes capped a drive with a short TD run and a 2 point conversion the Packers responded with a drive of their own that found paydirt when QB Alex Gleason followed his O-line in from a yard out to make it 8-7 Reed City. The Coyotes responded with another score before intermission to build a 16-7 lead at the break but the Packers were still in the game But there is a reason Reed City is ranked high and atop the CSAA Gold. Their depth and talent emerged in the third when they came out of the break and piled up 30 points scoring twice before a Justin Dirheimer 27 yard run to daylight for the visitors and twice more after. The Pack got on the board one more time in the 4th when Gleason hit Michael Romero for a 9 yard strike and David Wachter converted for the third time. The 21 points put up by the Packer offense was the most scored by any team this season against the vaunted Coyote defense as Dirheimer pounded out 164 yards on the ground and Gleason tossed for 112 with Wei Chen, Romero and Hayden Threatt pulling in most of the short yardage throws. Chen led the defense in tackles followed by Romero, Owen VadenBerg and Garrett Hanshue. Reed City (6-1, 7-1) takes the title outright and will end their regular season against another state ranked team, the D4 Whitehall Vikings, before entering the playoffs. The Pack (1-6, 1-7) will finish their season on the road against Cadillac. Central Montcalm 25 Grant 21 The Tigers traveled to Central Montcalm to take on the Hornets Friday night. The Tigers got into a big hole in the first quarter. The Hornets dominated the first quarter, scoring early and taking a 6-0 lead. A Grant pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown with 5:57 left in the first quarter, making it 12-0. The Hornets then scored on the last play in the 1st quarter to take a 18-0 lead. The Tigers put together a touchdown drive scoring with a Brady Jacobs 10 yard touchdown pass to Gage Scholtens with 5:42 left in the half and the teams reached the break with the Hornets holding an 18-7 lead. The Tigers recovered the onside kick to start the second half and drove down the field, capped off by a 12 yard touchdown pass from Jacobs to Nathan Lang, making the score 18-14 Hornets. A great defensive stop by the Tigers at their own 11 yard line propelled the Tigers on another drive, ending with Jacobs running 50 yards for a touchdown and taking a 21-18 lead with 19 seconds left in the 3rd. A turnover by the Tigers on their 30 yard line gave Central Montcalm just enough time to score the game winning touchdown with 53 seconds left. Jacobs led the offense with 104 yards rushing, one touchdown, two passing touchdowns, and 68 yards on 6/12 with one interception. The defense was led by Treyton Railling with 8 tackles, one tackles for loss and one pass breakup Jacobs finished with 8 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and two pass breakups andNolan Corvers had 7 tackles and one tackle for loss. Tri County 30 Big Rapids 28 It was just the kind of game one would expect from a pair of high octane teams occupying the upper echelon of the CSAA Gold. With the homecoming crowd as a backdrop the Cards jumped out to a 14-0 lead field by a TD run by Wil Strickler and his scoring pass to Jamal Strickland. The Vikes struck back before halftime as QB Tyler Tompkins fired a TD pass but failed to convert and the teams reached intermission with the Cards on top 14-6. The second half scoring began with Nate Lovell busting through for a 10 yard TD run but once again the Vikings failed to convert and trailed by 2. After a stalled drive by the hsts TC took over deep in their own territory and used their vaunted running game to march down the field with Trent Behrenwald and Lovell tacking on big gainers before Lovell found paydirt from a tard out and the Vikes had their first lead at 18-14. TC scored again when the o-line opened a big hole and Behrenwald took it home 75 yards later. For the 4th time the conversion fell short and TC held a 24-14 advantage, The Cards offense came to life and scored twice in the 4th to take a 28-24 lead and with TC pinned back into their own territory it looked like a homecoming win for BR. But it was not to be. Tompkins hit Behrenwald with what would have been the game winner but he was stopped at the Cardinal one yard line with seconds to play. Two plays later Lovell took it in again and the Vikings tallied a tough road win behind some dramatic heroics and a stoic group of linemen Coach Butler: “Proud of our kids. They fought until the last second and believed in themselves. It was a great high school football game in a great atmosphere.” Chippewa Hills 24 Newaygo 7 The Warriors came into this one having been outscored by opponents 260-35 in their 6 on-field contests and the 0-7 record they brought into the game included a forfeit. The Lions were looking to end a 3 game losing skid and hopefully rebound from last week's runaway win by Reed City. Chip Hills came up with the big home win to end their season long losing streak and extend the Lions slide to 4 games. Newaygo (1-6, 1-7) finishes the CSAA season in a 3 way tie for the cellar along with CH and Fremont. They conclude their season on the road against the Holton Red Devils who will be vying for a spot in the playoffs. Chippewa Hills (1-6, 1-7) hosts the Bucks from Pine River. White Pigeon 51 White Cloud 0 The Cloud ran into the D8 force that is White Pigeon Football Friday night and the result showed why the Southwest 10 Conference team will be heading for postseason action. White Cloud (2-3, 4-4) will finish up their regular season next week when they set sail to Hart and take on the Pirates Manistee 56 Hesperia 0 Ludington 35 Morley Stanwood 6
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